Saturday 

February 11, 2017

Just a few notes.

When Mike was in the water replacing the trim tabs he accidentally touched bottom and Joell looked on as the water began to become cloudy.  She then saw a small stingray scurry across the wall behind Mike.  That was a close call.  Stingrays are not aggressive, unless they are accidentally stepped on.  😅

It looked like this Yellow Stingray

Elwood stands at the counter and watches us cook.  He wants to be a part of the pack at all times.

We have been riding our bikes every day in Marathon.  We enjoy visiting our looper friends at the Hyatt Marina.  There are quite a few loopers in the Keys right now.  It is a wonderful place to wait out the cold.
We also ride to the grocery store, hardware store and almost daily to West Marine(West Marine is on the way to most everywhere else).  There are also a lot of wonderful restaurants and activities to attend.  We purchased very good lights, so we can ride home after dark.  The cheap Walmart bikes are one of our greatest investments.

Here are our bikes under cover, to avoid the destructive sea air.

Here are a few of the rusty bikes others are riding.  Others don't keep their bikes covered, so it's amazing they even work. If you are a rider, you would laugh at the rusty chains.

One of our new friends rides his bike very slowly down the road.  Mike says it is because the bike chain is so rusty it won't allow him to ride any faster.